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Is there any advantage or disadvantage to running my antenna cables
(mostly RG-8 and some RG-58 and Twinax for loops) in metallic electrical conduit, probably 1/2" EMT? The shack is in the basement and various antennas come in through the roof/attic, three stories up. Currently the antenna cables drop down a fairly clear hole shared with some vent pipes and Ethernet (CAT-5) and phone wires. I have some 1/2" EMT with the tools and some experience bending/installing it. I do observe some RFI between computers etc. throughout the house and the ham/SW antennas. Would putting either the coax or the CAT-5 or both (separate conduit) help any? I'm guessing the antenna and ethernet conduits, if I do it, should be bonded to the household ground near the electrical panel etc. for safety. Am I likely to get any grief from the electrical inspectors by using metallic conduit for running non-AC cables, or for bonding it to the same grounds? To me it's a no-brainer that a common ground would increase safety but in past electrical inspections they've given me some minor grief for the antenna cables which were well-grounded near the entrance panel. They pointed to a really really crappy CATV installation and said that I had to do it that way. Tim. |
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